Japan calls to evacuate following floods and landslides in the southwest

The Japanese authorities called on Monday August 11. Furthermore, several million people to evacuate their homes due to floods and landslides that occurred after violent rains in southwest Japan, which made several missing.

Images of Japanese television show several areas of the department of Kumamoto in japan calls evacuate following floods which houses. Nevertheless, shops and vehicles are invaded by waters about a meter high.

In six o’clock Monday morning. Therefore, more than 37 centimeters of precipitation fell on the city of Tamana, the most affected by the rain, a new figure at the local level, according to the Japanese weather agency. “The situation presents a deadly danger, and security must be ensured immediately”warned meteorologists, adding that“Maximum vigilance [était] required “.

In total. warnings and calls to evacuate were issued for more than 3 million inhabitants of southwest regions of Japan, according to the management agency for fire and disasters. Some 384,000 people, mostly residing in Kumamoto, are affected by the highest level of alert, according to the same source.

A resident of Kosa. in Kumamoto, was missing on Monday after a landslide that hit his home, said a local official at the France-Presse agency japan calls evacuate following floods (AFP).

In Misato. another city in the department, rescuers seek to help an elderly man trapped inside his accommodation, also affected by a landslide, said a local official at AFP on Monday morning. Two people from the big city of Fukuoka were swept away on Sunday by a river. They are still missing on Monday, according to the NHK public media.